Howell's Victory Road Warehouse Application Hearing Continued

HOWELL, NJ — The hearing on an application for a major warehouse on Victory Road in Howell has been moved to Aug. 17, the Planning Board confirmed.

The June 15 meeting took place at Howell Middle School South, but the next meeting will take place at Howell Township Municipal Building, Route 9, second floor.

AAVRHW Property, LLC (Victory Road) is seeking preliminary and final major site plan approval for a 25-dock warehouse on Victory Road.

According to a May 4 board agenda, the application would remove a large portion of the existing woods and construct a 203,802-square-foot warehouse/office building which will consist of 193,802 square feet of of warehouse space and two separate office spaces totaling 10,000 square feet.

Apart from the 25 loading docks, two drive ramps, 68 trailer parking spaces as well as 73 passenger vehicle parking spaces are proposed, according to a description of the project on the agenda.

Access will be provided via two new full movement driveways along Victory Road and a 30-foot wide circulation aisle around the eastern, southern and western sides of the building.

The consideration by the Planning Board comes in the midst of an overall issue of warehouse construction in the state.

The Township Council has voted to ask area legislators to tighten state Municipal Land Use laws regarding warehouse development in the wake of a building boom in the industry.